Books with author Elizabeth Noll

Marcus and his best friend Taj have never been great at basketball. But during the final game of the season, their coach finally gives them the chance to play. As the minutes count down, Marcus chokes and misses his shot while Taj saves the day with a buzzer-beater. That night Marcus receives a text from an unknown number asking if he would like a do-over. He accepts and gets to relive the game and make the winning shot. But will correcting his mistake be worth taking away his best friend's moment to shine?

Wil Johnson's life seems relatively normal. High school graduation is a month away, his mom is getting married again, and then he and his best friend, Scott, will be heading off to college. For the past few weeks, however, Wil has been plagued by nightmares that he can't shake. Even more puzzling, his friend Andrew is having the same visions.The puzzle pieces begin to come together with the appearance of Cassia, a mystical being from the realm of clouds. She enables Wil to remember who and what he is, yet Cassia comes bearing dark news: Meslo, the enemy of her people, has released his children on the Earth, and Secret Keepers like Wil are the key to his plan. Despite her warnings, Wil finds himself falling prey to the black magic even as his feelings for Cassia begin to change. Unless Wil and Andrew can find a way to fight Meslo's evil influence, they'll lose their souls forever.Elizabeth Carroll was born and raised in Henderson, North Carolina. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree in creative writing, she began a career teaching and writing novels. Her first novel, The Secret Keeper, was self-published by Wheatmark, Inc. This is her second novel. She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband and son.

Who knew a fourteen-year-old could become a hero? Charmaine Harp isn’t looking for adventure when she begins her job as a camp counselor in Rochester, New York. To her surprise, it turns into much more than just summer work. With strange noises, disappearing objects and scares aplenty, this is not your average summer camp.Locked doors, mysterious people, even bats attract Charmaine’s curiosity to delve into the mystery of the tower room. She teams up with her friends to discover the identity of the rec center’s elusive tenant, but her attempts set the stage to threaten her friendships and even her own well being. Finally taking matters into her own hands, she seizes one last gamble to catch the phantom. Will Charmaine discover the resident of the tower room before another person is placed in danger?

Nearly 4,000 years ago, in the tropical rain forest of Central America, the Mayan culture began to emerge. From small farming villages, the Mayan civilization grew into vast urban metropolises. Without the use of the wheel or metal tools and with no work animals, the Mayas constructed five-story buildings, ornate temples, and 200-foot-tall pyramids out of stone. The Mayas had complex calendars, were expert astronomers and mathematicians, and played the world s first team sport. Enter the world of the Mayas and discover how this advanced civilization developed into cities with populations reaching nearly 100,000, and then how it mysteriously disappeared. Find out how the Mayas built their homes, raised their children, made food and clothing and worshiped their gods. Learn how they healed the sick, and how they played their ball games to the death.

Island boy is a tear jerking ,heart warming, true story of a young boy ,who lost his father at an early age ,and how he coped. Its full of hope ,and proves that dreams really can come true. This book will inspire all fathers to see how important they are to their children. This book is based on a true story about my Jamaican husband, Junior Bernard's life as a young island boy. His love inspired me to write this story.

Out in the Park one day, children, I met a little boy not bigger than you are, who told me that he liked stories about a boy and a dog and the things they did together. He said that it must be a real boy and a real dog, and there must be other animals in the story, not great, big, fierce ones, but just neighborly ones-animals a boy might, perhaps, meet when he went for walks in the woods-and take pictures of and get to know. So this is the story of the way a real boy and a real dog spent their first summer in the real country; and the fun they had together.

Why do some people believe certain places are haunted? What kinds of things have people seen in supposedly haunted places? What kinds of tools do ghost hunters use? The historical photos and easy-to-read text in Haunted Places introduce young readers to this mysterious topic. After reading the stories people have told about famous haunted places, young learners can decide for themselves if they believe such places really exist.With bright, colorful pages organized in two-page spreads, the ""Strange. . .But True? series for students in grades 4 to 6 introduces six mysterious topics of high interest to young readers. These nonfiction books make information about the Bermuda Triangle, Bigfoot, ESP, ghosts, haunted places, and UFOs easy for young readers to understand. Helpful diagrams, charts, and a glossary in each volume highlight the most important information for young learners. Help young readers in your life get aheadand have fun doing sowith World Books Strange. . .But True? series.The books in the BOLT 1 series feature high-interest topics that students with a 3rd through 5th grade primary reading level will return to again and again. Easy-to-read text helps kids understand the material and enjoy the reading experience. Packed with dynamic photos, charts, diagrams, fun facts, and infographics, Bolts attention-grabbing titles are sure to have your readers coming back for more.

"A recipe for happiness: four women, one medieval Italian castle, plenty of wisteria, and solitude as needed. The women at the center of The Enchanted April are alike only in their dissatisfaction with their everyday lives. They find each other-and the castle of their dreams-through a classified ad in a London newspaper one rainy February afternoon. The ladies expect a pleasant holiday, but they don't anticipate that the month they spend in Portofino will reintroduce them to their true natures and reacquaint them with joy. Now, if the same transformation can be worked on their husbands and lovers, the enchantment will be complete."

Reminiscent of Before I Fall, Elizabeth Norris's Unraveling blends realistic coming-of-age issues and heart-stopping romance with something just a little bit more. In this case, a gripping science fiction world.Unraveling's heroine, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner, is used to having a lot of responsibility. She balances working as a lifeguard in San Diego with an intense academic schedule. Janelle's mother is bipolar, and her dad is a workaholic FBI agent, which means Janelle also has to look out for her younger brother.And that was before she died...and is brought back to life by Ben Michaels, a mysterious, alluring loner from her high school. The more Janelle tries to figure him out, the more she starts to believe he's connected to a case her father is working on. The one where people are dying of radiation poisoning and the body count is rising. The one that involves a strange clock that seems to be counting down to the earth's destruction. If Janelle wants to stop the clock and save the world, she has twenty-four days to uncover Ben's secrets--and keep from falling in love with him.From debut author Elizabeth Norris, comes this shattering novel of one girl's fight to save herself, her world, and the boy she never saw coming.